Businessman Creates Tesla 'Charging Road' From Beijing to Guangzhou

Faced with the lack of electric-car charging stations in China after purchasing a new Tesla Model S, a Chinese businessman has built a network of Tesla Motors charging stations from Beijing to Guangzhou.

When Zong, 44, spent 730,000 yuan (about $117,600) to create what he called the first "electric vehicle charging road," according to Chinese news site Caixin

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While Tesla Motors has charging stations throughout the United States and Europe, there are none in China outside of Beijing and Shanghai. Zong's charging road, which includes 20 charging stations in 16 cities across the 5,750-kilometer (about 3,570-mile) stretch between the two cities, attempts to fix that problem. Read more...

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